Breath of the Sun
Squad 1 + 3 - Temple Sanctum - Mikael + Ellie
"Ah fuck me." Mikael grumbled, suddenly unable to walk. He leaned more heavily on Ellie now, but being a demon she could lift him easily. "So, uh, you think cutting off my legs would stop the petri... fi... ca..."
He trailed off, as Ellie looked him in the eyes with an anger he'd never seen in her. She leaned in, staring him down. "Mikael." She said, calmly.
"Y-yeah?"
"Never do anything that stupid again." She hissed, her voice sharper than her teeth.
"...yes ma'am." He replied, defeated, though there was a slight edge of excitement to his voice at Ellie's visciouness.
Carrying Mikael back to one of the tunnels in a single wingbeat, swerving to avoid the acid blobs. Setting him on the floor just outside the room, she rose and turned.
"We're not cutting your legs off. I'm gonna kill that thing, and then we're gonna get you back to Dr. Bozo." She said, matter of factly, as she began to crackle with static.
Cole was trying 'Kill it with fire', but the thing was apparently a creature of water. Wet things didn't burn well...
...but they did conduct electricity.
Gathering her power, Ellie rocketed forward in a psuedo-teleport, aiming to ram the monster and stab it with her horn. The moment she made any kind of physical contact, she'd load him up with enough current to kill a herd of elephants.
What is so amusing about this? Why do you take lives? How can you forget?
Squad 4-Clay
As soon as the effect started the belt drew in his forcefield and flashed a light blue hue over his body, stalling the process. Or at least thats how it might look from a casual observation. Instead of pausing it totally the effects slowed to a crawl, still growing but only at a hundredth of the speed it was before. "Well shoot, worth a shot to avoid all this mess," he looked to Evelyn and saw the panic in her eyes, giving his best smile and shaking his head. "Guess its time to break out the surprise I've been saving,"
He held out his hand over the belt and it projected the hat he had created over the course of the robotics class and put it on his head, it somehow fitting perfectly over his normal cowboy hat. "Now then, seal break," the spiritual stitches keeping his third eye closed snapped open, allowing him full access to his abilities. "The thingamajigs in the hat send signals to the whosits in the belt, meaning I can do things like this again," he lifted his gun and aimed at the creature, the third eye flashing darkly before settling on a pale yellow.
"Detestable creature who dares to dirty the garden, your very existence shall be expelled into an endless hell of flames. Echo and scream until your voice becomes etched in the nature of flame, True Shot: Soulfire." his voice was fused over with the essence of the third eye, a trail of red energy traced down his body and over his arm, flying over the gun before firing out a line of silver flames that warped the area around them until it met the creature, in which case it splattered like liquid and burned hot enough to continue to distort the air.
Ultimate Hope, Absolute Insanity
Iridium Wonders - The Gymnasium
Were you talking about me? , A certain jester made his appearance in the gymnasium.
Since Dementius' abrupt intrusion into his mind, he had worried about the other Wonders' wellbeing. But apparently they managed to "apprehend" him. The demon was, to Dante's surprise, his dad's complementary magical half. Father told him about their shenanigans with the Gods, their relationship with Chibuzo and much more! He also got to meet his mother, who seemed to radiate insanity...even if she was happy for having finally reunited with him. Oh, and Dementius is waiting for the Class Trial to happen. In the trial, he would supposedly clarify something with Demon Lords...
It was a lot to take in. But he's glad that this turned out to be a happy-ish ending.
Hey guys! I cannot believe you managed to subdue Dementy-chan! , Dante waved at them, seemingly excited.
But most importantly, I cannot believe that he, of all people, gave me this ironically heavenly gift... , he said, with dramatic pathos, as he put a hand on his forehead and...unsheathed a sparkling rapier from it with passion.
Isn't it beautiful? , he started doing some moves with it. They weren't really perfect, but they weren't that sloppy either.
This blessed rapier is fitting for a prince like me, isn't it? , he contined to flaunt it, until he theatrically put in front of his face, Very well, I shall call this fine blade the "Precossini Kordoro!" he then raised it, as it bishie sparkled with all of its glory, The Carnival Prince's will of steel and heart of gold forged into a majestic physical incarnation!
Squad 3 + 4 - The Demon Temple
Things weren't getting pretty with Mikael..or with everyone in general.
So, like Cole, he wanted to kill it with fire. And his soul flames were pretty powerful.
Several dark blue flames appeared and started circularly moving around Chibi and the lich hurled them at the monster. What will remain of the ugly toad beast will be just a puddle of molten organs and blood.
The golem stared at Cole as he started to slowly petrify. See? This is what you get when you try to buy demon B.S... , Iuvem irratedly commented as his Chaos Drill started to spin.
At this point, he didn't really care about the miniboss. He needed to get shit done. They were tasked to get the artifact, so that they could do that without nobody blocking their path...his path...their path...hispaththeirpathhispaththeirpathhispaththeirpathhispaththeirpathhispaththeirpathhispaththeirpathhispaththeirpath—
AAAAAAAHGGH! ], Iuvem let out a mighty roar as he vehemently stabbed his Chaos Drill into the forcefield.
You might know everything I'm going to do...but that's not going to help you, since I KNOW EVERYTHING YOU'RE GOING TO DO! STRANGE, ISN'T IT?
I.W.-Martin
"Are you sure you should keep that, considering a demon...god...trickster...spider thing gave it to you?" deciding that ticking off Mahvash would have been a poor decision on his part he stayed within the comfort of her tendrils, looking at Dante with a raise eyebrow. "Also, we won, right? Usually I know we won because the bad guy is in jail, or the bomb is turned off before it hit zero. I mean we beat him I got that, but like, mission accomplished right? He won't suddenly appear as a robot or a zombie or something the next time we run into a group of bad guys?" he looked to Dante, hoping he could get an abridged version of everything.
While by no means dumb, he was very much a 'punch bad guys save the world' kind of hero, and trying to wrap his mind around that first adventure was going to take a minute.
Ultimate Hope, Absolute Insanity
Iridium Wonders – Gymnasium
Trickster gods have got really complex mentalities and moral compasses... , Dante looked at Martin with a raised eyebrow and a cracking smile as he noticed his newly scribbled face.
You could have one of them be on the heroic side one day...and then have them on the villianous side, or even neither! , Dante "sheathed" the Precossini Kordoro back into his forehead, They're like anti-heroes or anti-villains that, instead of being edgelords, are cray-cray fuckboys! , he started laughing raucously at his own analogy, Man, I'm looking forward to interacting the recently calmed down Dementius...or well...Ananse! Now I'll definitely learn more things about trickster gods and mythology and I'll become more cultured than I already am.... , he finished his passionate ramble with a big smile, T.L;D.R: I'm keeping this gioiello with me, forever, even if Dementius was an asshole...
We won? , he replied to Martin with a "confused" look on his face, Yessssssssssssssss-ish? I mean, you guys destroyed his body and he accepted his defeat. He then freed the souls he had eaten. He then needed to attend something similiar to a trial to "clarify" things with the Demon Lords. After that, he would supposedly reunite with Father and become the Trickster God of Spiders, Ananse! , he made a really simplified abrigdement of the aftermath of the Dementius/I.W fight, not really caring if Martin understood it or not.
Edited by Theyja on Jul 11th 2019 at 9:45:29 PM
You might know everything I'm going to do...but that's not going to help you, since I KNOW EVERYTHING YOU'RE GOING TO DO! STRANGE, ISN'T IT?
I.W.-Martin
Trying to listen to Dante was about the same as trying to decode a cipher code, so he just picked up what he needed and took time to process it. In the end, it was just another villain to be taken down when they appeared, and at least for the moment Dante was safe from whatever hold was over him. But really, was that all that had been gained?
He closed his eyes and tried to run over everything. The souls they had pulled out, most of them would never get to return to their lives. Of course rebirth and nirvana in some various forms were available via the means they had, but that didn't remove the tragedy from what happened. And the one who cause such pain would be judged not by the people but some 'greater authority'. Lower authority? He wasn't even sure what to call a council of Demon Lords.
"I see, thank you for running it through for me." his tone was rather bland, but he still forced a smile. Far from a good end, but not quite bad. It just meant he had a long way to go before he could really call himself a proper hero.
Up on Melancholy hill.
Mason - Squad 1 - Demon Temple
God, it was just a never ending cycle of insanity, wasn't it? Giant demons, Indiana Jones style traps, and now two of his classmates were...petrifying? Freezing? Turning to glass? There had to be a proper term for that, somewhere down the line. Water wasn't working, two of their power houses just went down, and now Cole was attempting fire...
So, may as well go in the proper spectrum and figure out which one works!
"Henshin-A-Go-Go baby." he whispered as he locked in the Lightning Chip and his armor turned to that of bright yellow and crackling power. He flipped the switch once, and he held up a hand, pointing an open palm at the frog headed demon. "Smile, you son of a bitch."
Okay, mixing movie quotes is one thing but that one didn't even make sense, it wasn't even a shark.
A bolt of lightning fired.
Is it selfish that I'm happy as we pass the setting sun?
Inner Sanctum
Well. That did it. While the creature may have been able to come back from the grave due to being doused with a heaping helping of moisture, it wouldn't be so lucky this time. It tried to leap out of the way, unleash another round of acid, anything. But with everyone unleashing holy hell upon it, it didn't have a chance in hell of survival. All it could do was make one last failed leap before being blasted to smithereens.
As soon as it met its' end, Clay could feel himself becoming lighter, and Mikael's petrification began to recede. It was possible that the creature, slowly dissolving into acid, may well have been linked to the goblets in one way or another. Still, at least Class 1 wouldn't have a brand new pair of statues on its' hands.
As for the barrier, Iuvem had tried his best to pierce it for whatever good it did him. The force-field bounced him back as soon as he struck, slamming him into the nearest wall. On the other hand, right as it did, the force-field fizzled and sparked before fading away completely. Whether it was due to Iuvem's efforts or simply defeating the monster, no-one could say. But regardless, the artifact was now theirs for the taking.
Ultimate Hope, Absolute Insanity
Squad 4 – Demon Temple
Oh.... , Iuvem said, surprised as the force of the forcefield slammed him into wall nearby, It seems to have fizzled away... , he slowly slipped into the ground.
Whether the forcefield disappeared because of what he did or because of the monster's death didn't really matter to him. They managed to artifact, meaning they successfully completed the task that was assigned to them.
The golem got up and levitated towards the middle of this cursed chamber to see the artifact.
Its power, I can feel it... , he slowly started to drool, It's utterly incredible!
Edited by Theyja on Jul 11th 2019 at 7:48:43 PM
You might know everything I'm going to do...but that's not going to help you, since I KNOW EVERYTHING YOU'RE GOING TO DO! STRANGE, ISN'T IT?
Squad 4-Clay
A single shot was fired about an inch from Iuvem's body. "Partner I dont wanna quarrel with you cause most days you are good people. But you been acting right strange today and I dont need some magical muckity muck making you go any wilder on me." his body was still quite weak after using the third eye, but his gun hand was crafted from skill not a fancy power.
"Someone with some know how on magic please tell me what the hell we are dealing with here. I need another magic power like most folks need a hole in their leg. Which is to say not a got dang bit."
Cole - Squad 4
When Iuvem basically looked one step away from going insane on top of being a gigantic racist prick now, Cole was ready to move in case anything happened...and thankfully, Clay made the move instead. He let out a breath, and then started to walk up - and yeah, the heartbeat earlier? He was hearing it, loud and clear, from this magical artifact.
"I've got some pretty good expertise on dangerous magical shit."
He made no apologies for how he phrased that, and commenced using his psionic powers to scan the artifact up close. Yeah, there was a lot of magical energy coming off of this thing. And it was easy to see why someone like Iuvem got affected that way.
Something seemed vaguely familiar about it, but Cole couldn't place where.
"Like the rest of the Artifacts so far, this one seems to possess a unique magical signature. Its reminiscent of something else, but only in the vaguest sense. But the one thing I'm sure of - is that if these things are all brought together, nothing good's coming of it."
Shane - Squad 1
"Is there any way we can just blow these things to kingdom come?" Shane didn't like this. There was a lot that could go wrong even with most if not all the artifacts in heroic hands. For one thing, that assumed all heroic hands stayed that way. And heroes weren't infallible gods.
Some...went bad. So the presence of these things would act as a constant temptation.
Ultimate Hope, Absolute Insanity
Squad 4 – Demon Temple
Iuvem grabbed the bullet that was shot and destroyed it.
Hmm...its energy sure is vile...my Chaos Form is squirming, quivering at this artifact... , in fact, black static effects started appearing around the golem.
You might know everything I'm going to do...but that's not going to help you, since I KNOW EVERYTHING YOU'RE GOING TO DO! STRANGE, ISN'T IT?
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
Iridium Wonders - Gymnasium
The air around them stilled and went stale in an instant. Mahvash somewhat mechanically continued her attentions to Martin before giving he, Sally, and Ryuu a benevolent smile. "Ryuu, Sally, could you help Martin back to the apartment, please?"
She gently raised the man, supporting him until he got to his feet, however wobbly. "You probably won't get lost going through the threshold if you enter right behind Martin. Then, help yourself to whatever's in the fridge."
Mahvash herself hovered there, arms folded behind her back. The walls of the gym ran a bit. The metal of the beams around ran like mud, the occasional black 'vein' snaking through the material before disappearing. "Falling back in love after the demon gives you a gift and singing its praises; elevating the certainly compromised gift over the expedition and taking it without a thought; and the rest of that revealing little soliloquy. I don't even know where to start."
"Oh here. You're inviting it back." After a few beats, she tilted her head, expression well glassy. She'd stopped bothering to pantomime human expressions or even move her lips when 'speaking'. "Did you invite it back then?" Maybe Minerva and Raffaello told Dante what he just fed Martin, but its still the demon's point of view that Dante adopted.
"Sally was there too," Mahvash continued evenly after stirring up the memories of the convention center. "There are details, but she had to be carried, bloody and listless by my hand while a demon of all things crawled near me and mine, harassed her caregivers, and stalked her through the school she works from every day. Then she returned to duty. I only delayed long enough for Sally to get used to her body. Her third set of limbs after a second trauma. Then as soon as she could stretch her arms and aim a cannon, she stormed the Abyss by me of all people, over you of all people. And when she returned, her first words were gratitude at the chance to lift your burden."
No glow. No wind. Just the sudden echo of Dante's words back then. note . "Gifts aren't just chunks of metal or rocks. They sustain a connection, even—especially that kind." The light came through, the lady's halo leaving stray 'rays' of shade. The darkness kept receding. Things warmed. The light brightened.
"Whether it gives you flowers and promises never to do it again, and whether or not you enjoy the thrill and lived this time, the demon is the same thing that it always was. And when it shows you, the excuses, 'what day it is', are hollow. The demon itself may even believe it favors you. The blood still flows, the blows still hurt."
She looked animate again, throwing up her arms like that. Though she felt very far away. "So, the expedition to the Abyss is a sunk cost. The Iridium Wonders did walk through hell and its already done whether you take the space to recover or not. The future is different. You don't have to follow the demon into hell..." For the briefest moment, the howls of the Abyss blew through the doors of the gym. "I'm not going to send you back there. I'm also not going to reach back into the pit or make them descend again to raise you if the same thing happens again. That's not our responsibility." Expending resources saving people from themselves to a strategic dead end was Yazata business.
"For the immediate future though, give your fellows a thank you—two words at the very least—and give Sally much more than that the next time you see them. I have work to do."
Edited by CenturyEye on Jul 12th 2019 at 9:24:03 AM
Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives
Ultimate Hope, Absolute Insanity
Iridium Wonders — The Gymnasium
Oh no...he made Mahvash angry...what a bummer
Jeez! I'm happy that you guys managed to defeat him! I'm not kidding...I am grateful... , he pouted at the daeva, I know how much despair Sally has felt when he started pressuring them and hunting them down and had to accept her new, fully robotic nature! , his tone started to get harsher and angrier, I know how much pain he caused...to the people...to you...to me... , he started calming down.
I'm greeting him — not it — in my house with open arms, mostly because he and "Father" will fuse back into Ananse sooner or later, but that's not the point...my heroic side will certainly be wary about him, but my fun-loving side is simply itching to have fun with him, however my morbidly curious wants to know more about him. On the other hand, my more extreme side would never ever forgive him although my shy side wants to have more friends. Nontheless, my grateful side wants to cherish this supposed gift of his... , he stared at the floor with depressed eyes.
The jester prince's emotionless glare started to slowly lift itself up until it crossed paths with Mahvash's.
As the Carnival Prince, what do I do? Wear masks, of course. Each mask, or facade in this case, has got different quirks that make it at least a bit different from the others. I always wear these masks. Always. Wheter those personas of mine are genuine or false is a matter even I can't determine...that's what I simply am: a multi-layered, multi-faced person...who d-doesn't even know if his words are being genuine or not! , he rambled monotonously, with a growing shakiness in his voice.
...My mother told me that, appearently, the Carnival King, the person that, since my birth, I thought was my dad...was not really my father. My true father is Ananse before his eventual split into Anansae Praecoxini, AKA Raffaello Precossini, AKA the Carnival King, and Anansae Dementius...or just Dementius. Do you know what this means? , an image of Mikael and Ellie flashed through his mind as he said that.
This...this reveals that I have another persona; another facade; another side...another me...and it might be my true form...my true, half-demonic form... , he touched his cheeks with the palm of his hand, with a glassy stare, If the me who still hated demons were to find out that his true nature was the same as Mikael, a student that he hated...he would violently kill himself and question some higher power why did he have a such a cursed existence...
Dante theatrically fell to his knees, looking at the floor, somber.
But the current me will be embrace this darker, hidden side of his...because he was born this way...and I was in the dark about this truth for soooooo many years until I finally reunited with my mom... , at this point, Dante was broken and somber...with tears falling down from his eyes.
I couldn't do anything, except accept this new truth, regardless of the sins of the father.... , he then quickly got up, I bet you're wondering "What does this monologue mean?" , he said, with a gratuitously shocked face, Well, it revealed my dormant, truest colors, which started to slowly wake up since the Thousand Deaths of Venice in 2003 until now... , he started to back away in a strange manner, I wonder if that's what Dementius truly wanted to gain for this time.... , he backed away until he was no longer visible in the gymnasium.
Edited by Theyja on Jul 12th 2019 at 5:38:27 PM
You might know everything I'm going to do...but that's not going to help you, since I KNOW EVERYTHING YOU'RE GOING TO DO! STRANGE, ISN'T IT?
Girly girl writer♡ (*>ω<)
She stands there for a minute. She decided it would be best to talk to them once they cooled off and things were less tense. Still, it kind of hurt after things were said and done, things weren't still perfectly happy. Not only that but, she went blank when they did bring up what Dementius did that day and she could feel some of the emotions that came that day all over again. She just shakes her head.
"Alright...Ryuu and Martin, let's go to the apartment...I think we all need to relax after that. We'll talk to them later...." Her voice clearly troubled by what happened.
Just an adorable fan girl and cosplayer ヾ(*・ω・)ノ💝💟
I.W.-Martin
As much as he wanted to provide words of comfort to the group there was little he could say in this sort of situation. Fights between close friends were messy, and even through he considered everyone in the class as someone who was important to him dealing with this sort of situation was outside of his abilities. Even with his previous squad he had chosen to move then try and force the situation any further. "Well," he looked around the apartment and tried to smile.
It wasn't impressive, but it was indeed homey, most of the mess being centered in the outside rooms. "We have some snacks and stuff, uh, nothing too great." he turned around to his squad and clapped his hands. "I know, why don't you guys stay for dinner? I can make us a victory meal."
Squad 4-Clay
"I don't know about y'all, but I don't think destroying some ancient magic thing is going to end well for any-" he paused and turned his attention to Iuvem, who by all appearances was turning a bit evil. "Ah damnit," he didn't have enough strength to pull out another attack that could really do anything against the strongest member of their squad. "Iuvem stand down, you ain't in your right mind!"
Given they had the entire class here, hopefully someone could do something before things needed to get ugly. He didn't much relish the idea of having to fight someone like that when everyone had already exhausted themselves against this place. "Come on partner, this ain't you!"
Surrounded by weirdoes
Squad 1
"Who knows" Sam commented "These things have their own rules, so it's better to keep this stuff in sight until some better idea comes" Especially with things that are part of a set. Then, you want to at least keep one on hand, or else there is the obvious fear on who else has them.
"With the prize on hand, is there anything that could be useful in the future or should we leave?"
I.W
Ryuu looked at the whole thing very troubled. At the end of the day, these events always weigh on them, and they have to deal with the aftermath by themselves.
"Stopping and trying to deal with things in peace is generally the better plan, we managed to get someone off our backs, even if there are many things hanging over us"
Wake me up at your own risk.
Ultimate Hope, Absolute Insanity
Squad 4 – Demon Temple
Ah… , Iuvem noticed Clay's concern, with a peaceful smile, So you've finally noticed that something wrong was going on with me… , he let out a humorless laugh as his body started to violently "glitch" out, with black static effects flickering around him, T҉̼̺̠̞ọ ̲͖̳̲t̪̻͇͢h̵̯i͇̥͚͜n̸͓̥̰k̸ ̻t͖͖͙h̞̥̝͕̦̣͡aṭ͙̻̘͖ ̢̹t҉͖̻̲͕̯̟͇h̜͙̥͉͜e ̘m̸̖͉̰o͍ḑ̝e͚͖ ̡̗͕͈̫̝m̴àd́e̸̞̟̭ ̛͙̹̣͓ͅf̯̲̣̺o̴̭ ͚̭̙c̡̖o̤͞m̶͇͚͈̯̥̗b͘a͏̮͉̞ͅț̙̯̼͟ ̖͈̞͇ͅv҉i͕̬l̛̗̼̱̫ͅe̘͓ ̫̟̻a̞̩͇̤͙ͅn҉̳̹̝d̵̼̼̤͎ͅ ̧̮̭̯̜̲ͅe҉̱͎̙͙ͅv̛̤̦͙̰̭̙͈i̸̥̤̞͕̠l̹͙̠̮͟ ̸c͈̠͍̻r̫̪͈̪͝e̯a̙t͚̺̱̀u͏̬̭͈r̡̹̝͍͎͖̠ͅe̠̟͚s̠̠͙̬̬ ̥͕̜ṱ̙̱͍̖̝͓u̲͈͚̠̮̫̖r̞͎͔n͍̤͔̦e̥͢d͏̗ ̮̻͟m̡̤͕̰̪͍e͕̖̺̠͎ ͇̜̹̫̳͕̼i̳̜͔͖͟nṭ̶o̴̼̣̫̳͈̩ͅ ͍̱̼̝ͅạ̝ ̩̱̻̺̬͔̥͟v̘̦̻̙͔́i̵̗̮̠̼ͅl̨̤̪͓̳e͕ ̟͟c̖̱r̟̱ȩ̱̯̟͚͖̥̣aț̣̺͔̳u̷͈r͏e҉͈͔ͅ ̮͎i͙̞̝͇̤͈̰n̠̜ste̟͓a̬͖̠̱̜̞͚d̢… , his body was literally going crazy, and his voice was becoming more distorted, as the static and the glitches started to expand a bit.
After a while, though, the glitches and the static started to retreat a bit and slow down, revealing that Iuvem was now back to normal.
̞Su̱͉̯̠c̣̫h̙̥ ̭̰̜̟̣̫p̤͓o̜̲̥̼̣̱̻e͚̻t̨̪̩i͎̫̩͉c̟̠̲͍̜̠̹,̤̝͓̫̲̺ ͚͉͇͚͍̹̬y̵̖͉e̡̻t͘ ̮̹͙͔̼͖̫c͏̠̲̯r̥͎̠̩̜̹u̧̩e͎l̗͢.͔̭̙̳͖̣̞͞.̷͈̬̩̪.̱̠i͇͟r̠ǫn̝̘͝y̸̱̺͍̮— , Iuvem stopped glitching out as he – in a unnaturally abrupt way — fell on the floor, seemingly unconscious.
You might know everything I'm going to do...but that's not going to help you, since I KNOW EVERYTHING YOU'RE GOING TO DO! STRANGE, ISN'T IT?
Cole and Shane - Squad 1 / 4
Cole for his part immediately got ready for a fight if that was what was going to happen when he saw Iuvem's body glitching out and turning into a mess of horror, static and dark energy. He stood firm, one arm raised up in front of him, fist clenched. Right there, in front of the headdress, and stated in an even tone, "Whatever you're doing - stop, think about where you are and what you're doing...this isn't you."
He wasn't willing to just hit a friend / squadmate, and wanted to see if he could resolve this without coming to blows - especially because it seemed this wasn't the real Iuvem talking. Whatever this was it seemed some darker power had intervened to cause this breakdown.
Shane on the other hand put a hand on one of his guns, blatantly getting ready to do something if Iuvem made the wrong move. I said that that guy in the colony made the right choice.
He bit his lip.
Up on Melancholy hill.
Mason - Squad 1
"...Well, all I'm hearing right now is that thing up there-" He pointed to the strange Artifact in question, "-is making people real twitchy real fast. Much as we think it may be corrupting people and falling into the wrong hands, let's make sure it falls into the right hands...before it falls into a cement block and thrown into the Mariana fucking Trench."
The chaos was slowly beginning to build...notably in the form of Iuvem doing...something off to the side but he'd read the stories. This was prime time for the villains to jump in and grab the Macguffin while everyone else was dealing with the fallout of the ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY or some such nonsense.
So, while a showdown, standoff, whatever the hell was always fun to read about, it was also a good idea to just...grab the damn thing.
"So, as much as I'd like to fight a living planet and bring about the wonderful cliche of "I Know You Are in There Somewhere" Fight we're all itching to get into, but I think the more pressing matter is GRABBING THE DAMN THING." He said a little loudly for his own tastes.
Is it selfish that I'm happy as we pass the setting sun?
Girly girl writer♡ (*>ω<)
"Yeah....At least we did achieve our initial goal. For now, let's relax and try to get on a better note. We need it after that long experience." Sally responds, holding a hand close to her chest.
"For now, I don't want to think about those feelings again..."
Great, things still aren't quite well.
"Come on, guys. Let's just not fight, okay? Cause it looks like we are going to fight. Look on the brightside, we didn't lose anyone and got the thing we came here for. Also, we took down that giant toad, I call that a win!" Finn shouts, trying to get through to the others.
"Slowly....slowly...slowly....Don't focus on what can go wrong....Eyes on the prize....Maybe it wasn't the best to go in on my own but....it will be worth it...."
Slowly slinking in the background, Tess had caught up to where the class was on her own and she is dead set on the artifact. She makes sure not to look at the class specifically, not him. She makes it close.
''"Alright, here we go...One step closer..."
She quickly puts her hands on the artifact. At that moment, someone sees her. It's the last person she wanted to see her.
"What the hell!? Wait, it's you! " Finn yells.
Tess quickly panics and clutches the artifact tightly.
"I got it! I'm sorry but...it's either me or you! I know it is selfish....but, there is no going back!"
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Inner Sanctum
Mere moments after Tess grabbed the artifact, a bright flash of pink light surrounded her. As soon as everyone's vision cleared, it was evident she has vanished without a trace. And the artifact with her.
Up on Melancholy hill.
Mason - Squad 1
Finn's shout brought his attention over and he felt his heart skip a beat. He flipped his switch once, and he pointed a palm at the person holding it.
"Hey! Drop it right no-"
And she was gone.
The quiet that struck Mason lasted only a second but he stared at the spot for a moment, his gauntlets crackling with electricity before he lowered them down to the side and brought one hand up to his helmet'd head. Finally, he released a slow, building growl that eventually escalated into an angered shout.
Not at his Squad Mates, naturally.
"Oh come on!" he shouted in frustration, gesturing to the pillar it was being held on. "It was right there!!!"
Is it selfish that I'm happy as we pass the setting sun?
Cole - Squad 4 (70)
Cole reacted with much of the aggression he had built up, and mere instants after Tess was teleported away a tremendous bolt of sheer force scorched the ground to a smoking point where she had stood. "FFFUUUUUUUUUCK!!!" He gripped his hair tight and restrained himself from anything further. "...Damn her. Damn that Guardian."
He looked around and just visibly slouched, it was right there. Right there. And it slipped through their grasp.
Outside the temple
One last portal opened up suddenly, a blond figure swaddled in rags running out of the portal, only narrowly dodging deadly blasts from the Eternal Horde. It was only through what he assumed was sheer fortuitousness that the portal shut down. Though he did find it somewhat odd that the freakin' sphinx hadn't given chase. Still, he wasn't about to complain about that sweet luck.
And now he didn't know where he was.
Or even really who he truly was. His mind still felt full of mist. Like he was still only barely awake. The world felt like it was stuck between dreaming and waking. Or maybe the world itself was a dream?
Cole - Squad 4 (48)
Cole got an idea when he saw the creature's damaged and injured body restoring itself due to the presence of moisture in particular. He looked around at the others and sent a psychic message just to make sure the monster didn't overhear, Guys, the monster is healing due to moisture. I'm thinking Kill It With Fire.
Cole then focused on the monster in question, and put up one hand in the seemingly universal symbol of psionic focus. What occurred was slower than he would've liked, but he got to work on the particles in the air around the monster.
Air especially down in places like this was often chock full of all kinds of interesting substances, and the oxygen worked well enough as, well, an oxydizing agent.
Cole thus started causing a series of events in the air around the monster in question, funneling the air and before long creating a series of fiery explosions, followed by series of fiery pillars erupting on and around the demon frog.